Comments on: The CSA: Rachel Baul Answers More of Your Questions http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/ Where Family Law Meets Family Life Thu, 17 May 2012 17:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gary g http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-40762 gary g Wed, 16 May 2012 19:47:56 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-40762 I would like to know; is it possible for the CSA in Australia to take proceedings against me even though Im living in the UK? Considering that their mum took them without my consent? I would like to know; is it possible for the CSA in Australia to take proceedings against me even though Im living in the UK? Considering that their mum took them without my consent?

]]> By: lynne http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-37923 lynne Wed, 09 May 2012 08:15:25 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-37923 my parter is having issues with the csa he was in an on off relationship had a baby but after paying towards the keep of the child for 10 months he was told by the mother that he was not the father. after not hearing from her for three years and hearing that there was a new man in her life bringing the child up was shocked to then be contacted by the csa with a bill this has been going on now for four years they took money out of his wages hes been to court twice but still not offered a dna test to sort this sistuation out . what irritates me more than anything is the fact that these women can name anyone has the father and not pay any consiqences when they get it wrong it does destroy men and their familys my partner doesnt work now and wont because they take the money to give to her so she can sit on her back side there should be a law against it my parter is having issues with the csa he was in an on off relationship had a baby but after paying towards the keep of the child for 10 months he was told by the mother that he was not the father. after not hearing from her for three years and hearing that there was a new man in her life bringing the child up was shocked to then be contacted by the csa with a bill this has been going on now for four years they took money out of his wages hes been to court twice but still not offered a dna test to sort this sistuation out . what irritates me more than anything is the fact that these women can name anyone has the father and not pay any consiqences when they get it wrong it does destroy men and their familys my partner doesnt work now and wont because they take the money to give to her so she can sit on her back side there should be a law against it

]]> By: Sam http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-17597 Sam Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:03:22 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-17597 I have a son who I no longer live with who I am more than happy to pay a percentage of my salary for however the csa are talking about including benefits my partner receives for my daughter who I do live with. How can this be right? How can they take money from one child to give to another? Especially as my ex receives benefits for my son anyway. Some advice would be great. Thanks Sam. I have a son who I no longer live with who I am more than happy to pay a percentage of my salary for however the csa are talking about including benefits my partner receives for my daughter who I do live with. How can this be right? How can they take money from one child to give to another? Especially as my ex receives benefits for my son anyway. Some advice would be great.
Thanks
Sam.

]]> By: annonymous http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-11981 annonymous Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:38:45 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-11981 I have a 13 yr old & have only just managed to locate the father. Can I claim CSA & also have it back dated for the paast 13 yrs? The father does not want anything to do with him . I have a 13 yr old & have only just managed to locate the father. Can I claim CSA & also have it back dated for the paast 13 yrs?

The father does not want anything to do with him .

]]> By: carl http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-9625 carl Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:53:26 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-9625 i am not a happy person,i opened my wageslip last week to find i had been stopped £200 csa,i have had no letters,no phone calls informing me this was going to happen i have never seen these kids and didnt know i even had any children. can the csa do this to me please help. many thanks i am not a happy person,i opened my wageslip last week to find i had been stopped £200 csa,i have had no letters,no phone calls informing me this was going to happen i have never seen these kids and didnt know i even had any children. can the csa do this to me please help. many thanks

]]> By: Bart http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-6410 Bart Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:56:36 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-6410 My Brother-in-Law has been paying his payments regualry in line witrh his original calcuation. Recently his ex has applied for a variation based upon a miscalculation by the CSA. The CSA have admitted it was a mistake on their behalf. She is asking the calculation to be adjusted and backdated several years. Can the CSA demend these arrears from the NRP going back several years if it was their mistake? Thanks My Brother-in-Law has been paying his payments regualry in line witrh his original calcuation. Recently his ex has applied for a variation based upon a miscalculation by the CSA. The CSA have admitted it was a mistake on their behalf. She is asking the calculation to be adjusted and backdated several years. Can the CSA demend these arrears from the NRP going back several years if it was their mistake?

Thanks

]]> By: Graham http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-223 Graham Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:32:21 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-223 Plus arrears accruing nicely on the CM. I think you need to get a grip. You have proved the point though about cm and sm never being enough. Plus arrears accruing nicely on the CM. I think you need to get a grip. You have proved the point though about cm and sm never being enough.

]]> By: Graham http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-222 Graham Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:30:26 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-222 Spousal maintenance of £1850 per month and you are stilling complaining, blimey. Spousal maintenance of £1850 per month and you are stilling complaining, blimey.

]]> By: Name witheld http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-221 Name witheld Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:03:39 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-221 hi i have a case with the csa where i am having to pay arrears for a period of time that i had no idea a case was open had no idea that i had a child and know knoledge that i had to pay any amout of money to them. i have spoken to them and told them that the first time i knew about the case was when i was issued with a warren to appear in court which i want to and was told to pay £600 or i would go to prison (told by csa not court) so i did pay then they have made me pay till today. i have asked them to prove the child is mine as i had no idea if the child was mine or not as she was a one night stand but they told me that its is up to me to sort out as at the begining they sent a letter to me. i did not recieve this as it was sent to an old address that i only was at for 3 months and was not there when the letter was sent. i am living with my partener and have been for 7 years have brought up her 3 kids for this time and there dad dont pay anything towards them and now have 2 kids with her which they have said that they had no idea that i had kids indoors but i gave them this information now i have to get a declaration of non parentage and a dna test which i have to pay for but as i didn`t recieve any letters so how do i contest all this as i had no idea of any of this and now have all this to pay including £4200 in arrears for a period of time i had no idea of a case and child mantance for a child i don`t even know that is mine and have payed for 3 kids that are not mine with no help for there dad and have told them his address and his second address when he moved. hi i have a case with the csa where i am having to pay arrears for a period of time that i had no idea a case was open had no idea that i had a child and know knoledge that i had to pay any amout of money to them. i have spoken to them and told them that the first time i knew about the case was when i was issued with a warren to appear in court which i want to and was told to pay £600 or i would go to prison (told by csa not court) so i did pay then they have made me pay till today. i have asked them to prove the child is mine as i had no idea if the child was mine or not as she was a one night stand but they told me that its is up to me to sort out as at the begining they sent a letter to me. i did not recieve this as it was sent to an old address that i only was at for 3 months and was not there when the letter was sent. i am living with my partener and have been for 7 years have brought up her 3 kids for this time and there dad dont pay anything towards them and now have 2 kids with her which they have said that they had no idea that i had kids indoors but i gave them this information now i have to get a declaration of non parentage and a dna test which i have to pay for but as i didn`t recieve any letters so how do i contest all this as i had no idea of any of this and now have all this to pay including £4200 in arrears for a period of time i had no idea of a case and child mantance for a child i don`t even know that is mine and have payed for 3 kids that are not mine with no help for there dad and have told them his address and his second address when he moved.

]]> By: Jane http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2009/01/19/the-csa-rachel-baul-answers-your-questions/#comment-220 Jane Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:43:36 +0000 http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/?p=407#comment-220 Does the law have any teeth? My consent order was finally signed last September nearly a year after the first financial hearing. He dragged it on and on, stalling for time. My earns a six figure salary, after a long battle he was was ordered to pay spousal maintenance £1850 and csa £1200 on top. This was because all equity in the house had " disappeared" and there were no assets to divide. He refused to pay spousal. In January of this year magistrates placed an Attachment to earnings on him...... Finally, I would have anough money to meet the considerable mortgage on the family home ( now in negative equity) pay all bills and have a little bit of money to save and put towards kids clubs etc........No way, He immediately cancelled CSA payments..... By March the CSA put on a DEO.....The FTSE 150 company he works for contacted the CSA and told them by law they could not pay out the CSA payments because the poor ex would be left with less than 60 % of his earnings, which the CSA were not allowed to do.( Who cares about the consent order) Apparently the HMCS atttachment order takes precedence.over the DEO.....The ex has wriggled out of CSA payments.... all completely legal! Tell me ...... why spend thousands going to court ( legal aid in my case because the ex paid nothing for months) to get a consent order that is unenforceable? I am a mother of two children struggling to pay my mortgage. I put my career on hold whilst his flourished. I will never catch up the time. We really are a throw away society now, when a man earning so much can just refuse to pay for his children. Our legal system is woefully inadequate. No one should be in my situation and the law just shrugs it's shoulders and says.....there's nothing we can do. I am lucky I have a strong Father behind me and I will never be left homeless because I cannot pay my mortgage, but there are many women who do not have the protection I have. They give up fighting exhausted and often bitter. It isn't just the spouses who stand accused of derliction of care in these cases.. it is also the law.... why can vulnerable people be left in this unprotected situation? Legal aid? I will have a bill of £5,500 to repay one day. Legal Aid was to help secure my family's future! It has failed! The rich company director sits on the lion's share of his salary, the law shrugs, it has no power to enforce the consent order that the County Court deliberated on. The solicitor says there is nothing she can do. Is that it? Am I meant to slope away beaten by loopholes? Say, thank you for your bill but I am still stuffed. Forgive me for feeling bitter but I feel incredibly let down by the law and am left wondering when The Minister for Justice will get a grip of this ludicrous system. Someone has got to start to care and do something. Maybe it can be your firm that takes up this cause. I believe you have the clout and the audience to do so. I hope you do because there are many broken women ( and some men) who have been severly let down. Kind regards Jane Does the law have any teeth?

My consent order was finally signed last September nearly a year after the first financial hearing. He dragged it on and on, stalling for time.

My earns a six figure salary, after a long battle he was was ordered to pay spousal maintenance £1850 and csa £1200 on top. This was because all equity in the house had ” disappeared” and there were no assets to divide.

He refused to pay spousal. In January of this year magistrates placed an Attachment to earnings on him……

Finally, I would have anough money to meet the considerable mortgage on the family home ( now in negative equity) pay all bills and have a little bit of money to save and put towards kids clubs etc……..No way, He immediately cancelled CSA payments…..

By March the CSA put on a DEO…..The FTSE 150 company he works for contacted the CSA and told them by law they could not pay out the CSA payments because the poor ex would be left with less than 60 % of his earnings, which the CSA were not allowed to do.( Who cares about the consent order) Apparently the HMCS atttachment order takes precedence.over the DEO…..The ex has wriggled out of CSA payments…. all completely legal!

Tell me …… why spend thousands going to court ( legal aid in my case because the ex paid nothing for months) to get a consent order that is unenforceable? I am a mother of two children struggling to pay my mortgage. I put my career on hold whilst his flourished. I will never catch up the time.

We really are a throw away society now, when a man earning so much can just refuse to pay for his children. Our legal system is woefully inadequate. No one should be in my situation and the law just shrugs it’s shoulders and says…..there’s nothing we can do.
I am lucky I have a strong Father behind me and I will never be left homeless because I cannot pay my mortgage, but there are many women who do not have the protection I have. They give up fighting exhausted and often bitter.

It isn’t just the spouses who stand accused of derliction of care in these cases.. it is also the law…. why can vulnerable people be left in this unprotected situation? Legal aid? I will have a bill of £5,500 to repay one day. Legal Aid was to help secure my family’s future! It has failed! The rich company director sits on the lion’s share of his salary, the law shrugs, it has no power to enforce the consent order that the County Court deliberated on. The solicitor says there is nothing she can do.

Is that it? Am I meant to slope away beaten by loopholes? Say, thank you for your bill but I am still stuffed.

Forgive me for feeling bitter but I feel incredibly let down by the law and am left wondering when The Minister for Justice will get a grip of this ludicrous system.

Someone has got to start to care and do something. Maybe it can be your firm that takes up this cause. I believe you have the clout and the audience to do so. I hope you do because there are many broken women ( and some men) who have been severly let down.

Kind regards

Jane

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